Sidney’s Kenzi Koestler manuevers around Chaminade-Julienne’s Finley Overholser on Thursday in Sidney. The Yellow Jackets lost 4-0.
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Sidney’s Tessa Curl runs into Chaminade Julienne’s Finley Overholser’s foot as Overholser attempts to steal the ball on Thursday in Sidney.
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Sidney’s Briana Lewis drives down the field followed by Chaminade Julienne’s Claire Downer on Thursday in Sidney.
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Sidney’s Larkyn Vordemark keeps herself between Chaminade Julienne’s Caroline Camacho and the airborne ball on Thursday at Sidney.
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SIDNEY — The Sidney Yellow Jackets fell to Chaminade Julienne 4-0 on Thursday.
“These teams have found our achilles heel,” Sidney head coach Kevin Veroneau said. “We have a hard time dealing with the long range shots. We gave up multiple goals to Bath in the air, multiple to Carroll and tonight against CJ.”
The Yellow Jackets (5-3-0, 3-0-0) weren’t able to get much going in the way of offense against CJ but they battled to a stalemate until 5:32 when CJ’s Bailey Hawkins scored the first goal of the game on a free kick.
Larkyn Vordemark nearly tied the game up with 2:00 left in the first half, but sent the ball just right of the goal keeping the 1-0 lead fr CJ.
CJ added a second goal just before the half on a breakaway to take a 2-0 lead into halftime.
Sidney gave up two more goals in the second half, less than four minutes apart to seal the 4-0 shutout loss for the Yellow Jackets.
“It’s almost as if we get up and then let up,” Veroneau said. “We’re attacking, but then we’re not taking that one last step on a corner kick to go up, try to win the ball and put it in. I think we won one corner kick in the air tonight.
“Now we have to talk about who is going to go up and try to win it, because the players that we’ve originally identified aren’t trying to win it.”
Sidney is back on the pitch on Monday where they face Miamisburg at home at 7:15 p.m.
Botkins picks up 1st win
The Botkins Trojans got their first win of the season on Thursday in a 3-0 shutout against Coldwater at home.
Freshman Brylie Greve, junior Addison Blindauer and senior Deedee Pitts scored goals for the Trojans while Blindauer and freshman Sophia Lotz notched assists.
With the win, Botkins improved to 1-3-1, 1-0-1 on the season.
The Trojans take on Columbus Grove on Saturday at home at 12 p.m.
Lehman Catholic falls to Miami East
The Cavaliers lost 1-0 to Miami East in a Three Rivers Conference match on Thursday in Casstown to drop to 2-4 overall and 1-1 in TRC play.
Lehman, which has dropped three straight matches, is scheduled to host Newton on Saturday afternoon.
Anna dominates Lima Central Catholic
The Rockets dominated Lima Central Catholic 15-0 on Thursday in Anna to improve to 4-1-1 overall.
Chelsea McEldowney scored three goals and Reagan Schloss, Iris Canan, Cierra Meyer and Adelynn McVety each scored two. Maddy Seitz had three assists.
Anna is scheduled to host Elida on Saturday.
